i'll just bet you hit the nail right on the head???....because of his hot temper, he probably did run and didn't get re-elected......if he's a hot head right now, he's probably alway's been like that.....rub people wrong and i don't care how good you fly, people won't have anything to do with you....administrators of a club have to be cordial and be able to bring people together and keep their personal feelings out of it.....just as important, club member's should be friendly and willing to work together.....equally, if somebody's a "hot head" like this guy and they don't like structure they shouldn't even join a club, they should just find an empty field and fly and spare us nice guy's the drama.....the club i belong to have two flying sites, both on public land.....one is at the public airport and the other is at the public cemetary,of to one side on land they havent needed to develope yet.....we to have a list of rules but basically we enforce 3 very important rules.....you have to join the club and pay dues, because the dues help pay for improvements and maintenence.....you have to carry AMA for liability reasons......you have to have a spotter, at all times.....mainly at the airport in case a full size aircraft want's to land, but also at both sites because it's kinda hard to keep track of that many planes in the air at one time....call it a "safety" factor, although somebody will alway's disagree.....my club is one of the lucky ones to have two sites for just one club......our fields are 15 miles apart and run in opposite directions.....the cemetary field run's north and south and the airport field run's east and west......we live in south-west washington,right on the beach and the wind is always shifting every couple of days.....it helps to have both fields, depending on which way the wind is blowing.....my club administrators are authorized to implement the rules, inforce the rules and call the cops if somebody refuses to abide.....i have only been a member of this club for a couple of years and have not had to witness a "hot head" like the one in question......in my last club, where i used to live, i was a member for 20+ years....in all of my time flying i've never witnessed a hot head.....it just goes to say, that's why i prefer clubs.....they're neater, cleaner, more organized, more friendly and everybody that pay's dues and contributes to the maintenence and improvements is working towards a common goal.....every club should work together and promote this great hobby and if that means "S**t CANNING" one hot-head, anti-establishment member(ama or not?),then so be it.....if they don't want to be told what to do, they have that right???....they should leave all of us "FRIENDLY FLYERS" alone and go find some empty field with no rules to fly in......when somebody comes to there field and does whatever they want, lets see how they like it...."who" are they gonna complain to then????......OH!....I KNOW?....THEY'LL JUST START ANOTHER THREAD AND COMPLAIN ABOUT THAT, TOO????